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Director upset that employee emailed their resignation when she's unreachable while working from home against company policy, freezes their entire bank account after accidentally overpaying them on their final pay: 'I do plan to formally escalate'

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Boss accuses burned-out worker of sabotaging the company, still wants them to work their two week's notice when they quit: 'My boss asked me [if] I was sabotaging the company'

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Candidate finds interviewer's insistent line of inappropriate personal questioning off-putting, they leave: 'We can’t continue this interview'

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CEO threatens to fire last remaining engineer after their teammates quit, forcing the company to cancel the project they were working on: 'You want to fire me? Oh yes please'

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'The new company changed my salary to $60k': New owners halve manager's salary after taking over the company, tells manager to stop being dramatic when they complain

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20 people share what made them quit their job on the spot

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Boss calls 20-year-old woman working her first job "ungrateful" for not working unpaid overtime: 'Now I'm worried they're going to cut my hours or make my life harder'

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Employee gets fired without warning for "poor performance" after doing the jobs of 3 other people: 'Fired because I put in too much effort during the busiest time of year and was fired when it got quieter again'

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Job advertised as remote until interviewer reveals mandatory office days because they're a "family": 'We do 3 days in the office and 2 at home'

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New owners fire all employees and make them sign new contracts, employee only discovers they no longer have dental care while at the dentist: 'There is no HR'

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20 new employees share what made them quit their job on the first day: 'By the way we never mentioned it at the interview but you will get 50 percent pay for 6 months'

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Employee stops taking on additional tasks to help the management team after being forced to work mandatory overtime, leaving management completely overwhelmed: 'Management is drowning in them now'

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CEO tries to fire and replace employee with 2 interns when they take PTO to recover after 13-hour shifts: 'I told them, pay me triple my wage and I'll consider [coming back]'

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Company forces employees to bring food for their own appreciation meal, get pizza instead when they try to report overtime: 'Does this [...] company expect 150 contractors to donate 3 or more hours of their personal time for their own appreciation meal?'

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Employee forced by boss to work from the office despite being on video calls the entire time: 'She really wants me to sit in the office for 8 hours'

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New manager falls afoul of own strict working rules: '[He] had to [reschedule] his holiday by one day [...] while his family left as [scheduled]'

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